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Let us become the cornerstone of your lifelong EM education plan, and earn up to 60 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ every year!
Build your clinical arsenal with CDEM’s case-based lessons and monthly features on diagnostic imaging, ECG interpretation, critical procedures, toxicology, and more. It’s the kind of hard-hitting, no-frills information you need. See for yourself why Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine continues to be EM’s favorite CME publication.
Current Subscribers Pricing OptionsBuild your clinical arsenal with CDEM’s case-based lessons and monthly features on diagnostic imaging, ECG interpretation, critical procedures, toxicology, and more. It’s the kind of hard-hitting, no-frills information you need. See for yourself why Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine continues to be EM’s favorite CME publication.
In Every Issue:
- Dr. Amal Mattu’s popular Critical ECG feature makes sense of even the most challenging cardiovascular emergencies.
- Prepare to ace your ABEM exam with CDEM’s LLSA Literature Review.
- Get the latest indications, dosing protocols, and precautions in our Drug and Tox Boxes.
- Critical procedures are a no-brainer with CDEM’s step-by-step instructions focused on the latest techniques for managing common complaints in the ED.
- Real-world clinical lessons on “EM Model” topics prepare you to manage even the toughest cases.
- Dr. Josh Broder’s award-winning feature, The Critical Image, leaves no CT question unanswered.
- Subscribers can earn up to *60 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (earn up to 5 AMA PRA Category 1 credits™, 5 ACEP Category I credits, and 5 AOA Category 2-B credits.)
*60 credits per 1-year subscription.
Meet Our Editorial Board
Critical Decisions is led and guided by a group of outstanding physician educators who offer their time, talents, energy, and resources to make a difference in the clinical practice of emergency medicine. Their diverse backgrounds and experience infuse CDEM’s content with notable expertise.
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We accept unsolicited (completed) manuscripts, and welcome your proposals. Final article assignments are made by the Critical Decisions Editorial Board to ensure that we provide practical, up-to-date information on all aspects of emergency medicine practice.
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How do EM physicians stack up to other medical specialties when it comes to bias and burnout? According to the new 2017 Medscape Lifestyle Report, we’re leading the pack. For the first time ever, the survey also asked respondents to describe their race and gender to assess how (and if) those factors play into lifestyle and job satisfaction. The results are revealing.
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READ MOREMeet CDEM’s New Editor-in-Chief
We’re proud to introduce Critical Decisions’ new editor-in-chief, Michael Beeson, MD, FACEP. Dr. Beeson, who has served on the publication’s Editorial Board for more than a decade, is the immediate past president of the Council of Residency Directors (CORD), and the director of the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Akron General Hospital in Akron, Ohio. He will assume his new role in October, taking over from longtime editor-in-chief, Louis Graff, MD, FACEP.
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